The 16th Annual Tallgrass International Film Festival presented by Consolidated Equities Trust (October 17-21) announced that Martin Starr (Silicon Valley, Party Down, Freaks and Geeks) will be the recipient of the film festival’s inaugural Soaring Talent Award. Tallgrass also announced the official short film selections for this year’s edition of the film festival.
Martin Starr
Tallgrass Film Festival’s Program Director Nick Pope said, “While this will be the first time we have honored someone with the Tallgrass Film Festival’s Soaring Talent Award, Martin Starr actually fits the profile of both the filmmakers and the films we put on the pedestal here in Wichita – ‘Stubbornly Independent., Moving between film and television, he has created indelible characters that never cease to entertain us, He has perfected both the left-of-center everyman, as well as the eccentric Greek chorus character, among his rich cast of characters. We are very excited to honor him with this award.”
SILVER LAKE
Sponsored by the Bonavia Family Charitable Trust, Tallgrass will present the Soaring Talent Award to Starr at the Scottish Rite Theater (332 E. 1st Street) on Sunday, October 21 at 3:45PM. Followed the presentation will be a “Conversation on Film” discussing Starr’s career, which will lead into a screening of Sean McGinly’s SILVER LAKE. The film is set in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles and follows Nathan (Starr), a writer, who is caught between the odd world of his eccentric friends and the more stable world of his girlfriend and her young children.
DEAD SNOW 2: RED VS. DEAD
Starr currently stars as ‘Gilfoyle’ on the HBO hit series Silicon Valley. Starr is also known for his roles in the iconic television series; Freaks and Geeks, Party Down, Veronica Mars, and frequent appearances on Drunk History. Starr has also made a mark on a number of films, with the most recent including Jon Watts’s SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, Janicza Bravo’s LEMON, Brett Haley’s I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS, Rob Thomas’s VERONICA MARS, and Tommy Wirkola’s DEAD SNOW 2: RED VS. DEAD. Other notable titles among the prolific actor’s impressive filmography include playing himself in Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogan’s THIS IS THE END, as well as Liz W. Garcia’s THE LIFEGUARD, Greg Mottola’s ADVENTURELAND, and the Judd Apatow films KNOCKED UP and SUPERBAD.
Silicon Valley
The Tallgrass International Film Festival also announced the official selections in its traditionally impressive and expansive series of short film programs. This year, the film festival will present 13 short film programs, as well as presenting a number of shorts prior to features, with a total of 125 short films screened, representing 23 different countries.
VIP TALLPasses for the Tallgrass Film Festival are available for purchase now. Please visit tallgrassfilmfest.com for more information.
THE 2018 TALLGRASS FILM FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SHORT FILM SELECTIONS
Kansas
(TRT: 83 min)
BILLY NO-MATES
Director: Thomas Birdeno
Country: USA, Running Time: 9 min
CRIMES AGAINST CRIME
Director: Jared Wang
Country: USA, Running Time: 7 min
THE CRYSTAL CITY
Director: Kenya Gillespie
Country: USA, Running Time: 14 min
DAWN
Director: Caleb Zook
Country: USA, Running Time: 5 min
FOR YOU AMUSEMENT: THE WONDERLAND PARK ON ACKERMAN ISLAND
Director: Sara Harmon
Country: USA, Running Time: 20 min
HUSH-HUSH
Director: Kyle Solomon
Country: USA, Running Time: 1 min
LOVABLE RESCUE DTTW AUDIENCE WINNER
Director: Leslie Fiel
Country: USA, Running Time:
ONE FOR THE BOOKS
Director: Savannah Rodgers
Country: USA, Running Time: 5 min
STILL
Director: Devi Brule
Country: USA, Running Time: 13 min
‘WASTE OF FILM’ – KC LOVES TRAVIS YOUNG
Director: Joshua Dubois
Country: USA, Running Time: 9 min
Constellations Shine: Animated Stories
(TRT: 109 min)
A DAY IN THE PARK
Director: Diego Porral Soldevilla
Country: Spain, Running Time: 3 min
A THOUSAND KISSES
Director: Richard Goldgewicht
Country: USA, Running Time: 17 min
THE COMPANY YOU KEEP
Director: Adrian Liang
Country: USA, Running Time: 9 min
DAHLIA
Director: Ana Mouyis
Country: USA, Running Time: 5 min
EGU
Director: Ander Perez de Arenza
Country: Spain, Running Time: 6 min
HI-FIVE THE CACTUS
Director: Chris Thomas
Country: USA, Running Time: 10 min
LOTTE THAT SILHOUETTE GIRL
Directors: Carla Patullo, Elizabeth Beecherl
Country: USA, Running Time: 10 min
NELLIE BLY MAKES THE NEWS
Director: Penny Lane
Country: USA, Running Time: 24 min
RELIGION FOR DUMMIES
Director: Kabeer Khurana
Country: India, Running Time: 5 min
THE STATION
Director: Jocelyn Wat
Country: UK, Running Time: 5 min
TALENT SCOUT
Director: Jose Herrera
Country: Spain, Running Time: 8 min
TOO TAME!
Director: Rebecca Bloecher
Country: Germany, Running Time: 7 min
Dark Matter: Survival Stories
(TRT: 108 min)
CYCLE
Director: Christopher Romano
Country: USA, Running Time: 15 min
FOR A BETTER LIFE
Director: Yasmine Mistry
Country: USA, Running Time: 10 min
GIRL FACT – A TEENAGE GUIDE TO SURVIVE SEX SLAVERY
Director: Maël G. Lagadec
Country: Belgium, Running Time: 17 min
LUNCH TIME
Director: Alireza Ghasemi
Country: Iran, Running Time: 16 min
MODERN SLAVE
Director: Spencer Currie
Country: USA, Running Time: 15 min
SECOND ASSAULT
Directors: Jillian Corsie. Amy Rosner
Country: USA, Running Time: 19 min
UNSPEAKABLE
Director: Milena Govich
Country: USA, Running Time: 16 min
Deep Space: Dramatic Stories
(TRT: 119 min)
AAMIR
Director: Vika Evdokimenko
Countries: UK/France, Running Time: 17 min
AMBI
Director: Marija Apcevska
County: Macedonia, Running Time: 19 min
CLAIRE MCKENNA
Director: William Price III
Country: USA, Running Time: 14 min
EVERY OTHER WEEKEND
Director: Josh Victor Rothstein
Country: USA, Running Time: 18 min
IT GETS BETTER (Es Wird Besser)
Director: Adi Wojaczel
Country: Germany, Running Time: 20 min
THE PATIENT – A ONE ACT
Directors: Philipp Christopher, Paul Weiss
Country: USA, Running Time: 12 min
THE POUR EXCUSE
Directors: Ryan Lagod, Craig Tovey
Country: USA, Running Time: 5 min
SEASON OF PASSAGE
Director: Catherine Cobb Ryan
Country: USA, Running Time: 14 min
Earthlings: Human Stories
(TRT: 107 min)
3 SIBLINGS
Director: Sheena Rossiter
Countries: Brazil/Canada, Running Time: 23 min
BENEATH THE INK
Director: Cy Dodson
Country: USA, Running Time: 13 min
CODE RUTH
Director: Caroline Voagen Nelson
Country: USA, Running Time: 4 min
ELIZABETH SEES
Director: Val Magarian
Country: Canada, Running Time: 9 min
FOUND FAMILY FOOTAGE
Director: Eric J Moore
Country: USA, Running Time: 11 min
FREEDOM FIGHTERS
Director: Sharmeen Obaid Cinoy
Country: Pakistan, Running Time: 31 min
HULA GIRL
Directors: Riess Hill, Chriss Riess, Amy Hill
Country: USA, Running Time: 11 min
JORMUNDUR
Directors: Jack Bushell, Alex Herz, Madeline O’Hara, Nicole Stock
Countries: USA/Iceland, Running Time: 5 min
Emerging
(TRT: 96 min)
AN ADVENTURE THROGH BOWLING AND TIME TRAVEL
Director: Joe Siroonian
Country: USA, Running Time: 8 min
BROTHER, ALONE
Director: Jonah Belsky
Country: USA, Running Time: 5 min
CAPTAIN VIDEO
Director: Ethan Elkins
Country: USA, Running Time: 4 min
CHINCHILLA PIE
Director: Jude Rogers
Country: USA, Running Time: 4 min
CLAY
Director: Douglas Kerner
Country: USA, Running Time: 4 min
DETERMINATION
Director: Anna Tkebuchava
Country: USA, Running Time: 2 min
GLANCE
Director: Dominik Saal
Country: Germany, Running Time: 11 min
THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO SUBURBIA
Directors: Alex Alford, Zak Denley
Country: USA, Running Time: 19 min
I’M GONNA WIN CAUSE I WANNA WIN: KENNEDY BROWN
Director: Brett Jones
Country: USA, Running Time: 10 min
IN THE TREES
Director: Will Nordstrom
Country: USA, Running Time: 8 min
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Director: Jeremy Kemp
Country: USA, Running Time: 5 min
NEXTSTEP
Director: Ishan Modi
Country: Singapore, Running Time: 8 min
NO HARD FEELINGS
Director: Andrew Kivett
Country: USA, Running Time: 7 min
STARFISH
Director: Sarah Williams
Country: USA, Running Time: 5 min
UNAWARE
Director: Caitlyn Cody
Country: USA, Running Time: 6 min
Jupiter Files: Space Stories
(TRT: 109 min)
CARONTE
Director: Luis Tinoco Pineda
Country: Spain, Running Time: 16 min
GUION
Director: Sagi Kahane-Rapport
Country: Canada, Running Time: 21 min
M1-KØ
Director: Fahad Shaikh
Country: UAE, Running Time: 9 min
MOUNT LIPTAK
Director: Ryan Allsop
Country: USA, Running Time: 14 min
QUANTUM
Director: Ryan Willard
Country: USA, Running Time: 12 min
SPACE GIRLS
Director: Carys Watford
Country: UK, Running Time: 10 min
STELLA 1
Directors: Gaia Bonsignore, Roberto D’Ippolito
Country: USA, Running Time: 15 min
YOU ARE THE CAPTAIN
Director: Dan Samijan
Country: USA, Running Time: 11 min
Mars Destroys: Horror Stories
(TRT: 103 min)
BILL’S LEAVING
Director: Brian Phares
Country: USA, Running Time: 12 min
CAT NOIR
Director: O’Neil Bürgi
Country: Switzerland, Running Time: 7 min
DON’T LOOK
Directors: Cole Campbell, Cameron Lawrence
Country: USA, Running Time: 14 min
INSTINCT
Director: Maria Alice Arida
Country: USA, Running Time: 19 min
INVADERS
Director: Daniel Prince
Country: USA, Running Time: 14 min
KILLER BLACK
Director: James Berry
Country: USA, Running Time: 8 min
THE LAST DROP (Der Letzte Tropfen)
Director: Sascha Zimmerman
Country: Germany, Running Time: 10 min
LUNCH LADIES
Director: J.M. Logan
Country: USA, Running Time: 19 min
Nebulas Glow: LGBTQ+ Stories
(TRT: 111 min)
…ALTHOUGH IT HURTS
Director: Diego Roma
Country: Spain, Running Time: 12 min
BATHROOM RULES
Director: Kat Hidalgo
Country: Canada, Running Time: 5 min
CALAMITY
Directors: Séverine De Streyker, Maxime Feyers
Country: Belgium, Running Time: 23 min
FROM MARS AND VENUS (Van Mars en Venus)
Director: Kevin Kok
Country: Netherlands, Running Time: 26 min
NEAR CHANGE
Director: André Sogliuzzo
Country: USA, Running Time: 10 min
WHEN THE WORLD CHANGED
Director: Anderson Clark
Country: USA, Running Time: 35 min
Pluto Thrills: Suspense Stories
(TRT: 98 min)
BEYOND HORIZONS
Director: Stefan Wink
Country: UK, Running Time: 13 min
BOT
Director: Daniel Hoffman
Country: Germany, Running Time: 24 min
CELLS
Director: Raymond Wood
Country: USA, Running Time: 13 min
JAMIE
Director: Frank Ferendo
Country: USA, Running Time: 10 min
LOST IN THE MIDDLE
Director: Senne Dehandschutter
Country: Belgium, Running Time: 17 min
THROUGH THE WIDE GATE
Director: Patrick Clement
Country: USA, Running Time: 15 min
TWO PUDDLES
Director: Timothy Keeling
Country: UK, Running Time: 6 min
Saturn Conquers: Challenge Stories
(TRT: 79 min)
CARLOTTA’S FACE
Directors: Valentin Riedl, Frédéric Schuld
Country: Germany, Running Time: 5 min
ENABLED: THE HAVEN SHEPARD STORY
Directors: Michaela Joines, MacKenzi Tims
Country: USA, Running Time: 17 min
LEO COOPER: THROUGH HIS OWN LENS
Director: Keith Cantrell
Country: USA, Running Time: 20 min
LITTLE FIEL
Director: Irina Patkanian
Countries: USA/Mozambique, Running Time: 16 min
PLAYING BLIND
Director: Samaritan’s Purse
Countries: USA/Vietnam, Running Time: 10 min
PRINCE’S TALE
Director: Jamie Miller
Country: Canada, Running Time: 19 min
Sun Shines: Comedic Stories
(TRT: 106 min)
BERTIE
Director: Garry Crystal
Country: UK, Running Time: 17 min
FORGET ABOUT IT
Director: Daud Santi
Country: USA, Running Time: 8 min
HANDS FREE
Directors: John Addis, Matt Bowron
Country: UK, Running Time: 8 min
I LOVE YOUR FUCKING NAME
Director: Finn Ohara
Country: Canada, Running Time: 9 min
KISMET
Directors: Doğuş Özokutan, Vasvi Çiftcioğlu
Country: Turkey, Running Time: 4 min
THE LONG GOODBYE
Director: Matt Eckholm
Country: USA, Running Time: 9 min
MRS. MURPHY’S CONFESSION
Director: Ryan Turri
Country: USA, Running Time: 26 min
NECKFACE
Director: Llanbobi Vision Ltd.
Country: UK, Running Time: 11 min
SAC DE MERDE
Director: Greg Chwerchak
Country: USA, Running Time: 14 min
Venus Loves: Romantic Stories
(TRT: 89 min)
17 YEARS TOGETHER
Director: Javier Fesser
Country: Spain, Running Time: 15 min
ACTS OF KINDNESS
Director: James Sharpe
Countries: UK/Japan, Running Time: 15 min
BACKYARD-LOVE
Director: Peter Bosenverg
Country: Germany, Running Time: 12 min
BE MY GUEST – TISCH UND BETT
Director: Anne Chlosta
Country: Germany, Running Time: 11 min
CUPIDS
Director: Angelo Clarco
Country: UK, Running Time: 13 min
DEEP STORAGE
Director: Susan Earl
Country: Australia, Running Time: 15 min
JUST FOR TODAY
Director: Jam Patel
Country: UK, Running Time: 7 min
TEENAGE THREESOME (Scheideweg)
Director: Arkadij Kaet
Country: Germany, Running Time: 5 min
TO WENDY WHO KICKED ME WHEN I SAID I LOVE YOU
Director: Dan Castella
Country: UK, Running Time: 11 min
Short Films Screening Prior to Features
THE ANGEL OF HULL (Screens prior to NO DATE, NO SIGNATURE)
Directors: Elizabeth Healey, James Card
Country: UK, Running Time: 8 min
ARTIST IN THEIR SPACE – JOSH TRIPOLI (Screens prior to CARTOONING FROM THE DEEP END)
Director: Bobby Obermite
Country: USA, Running Time: 8 min
CADENCE (Screens prior to BIKINI MOON)
Director: Branwyn Elizabeth Driscoll
Country: USA, Running Time: 5 min
DIFFERENCE (Screens prior to TAXI THERAN)
Director: Ali Asadollahi
Country: Iran, Running Time: 15 min
DON’T BE A HERO (Screens prior to MARLINA THE MURDERER IN FOUR ACTS)
Director: Pete Lee
Country: USA, Running Time: 16 min
FAITH – VERA (Bepa) (Screens prior to THE LAST SUIT)
Director: Tatiana Fedorovskaya
Country: Russia, Running Time: 16 min
HAIR WOLF (Screens prior to COFFY)
Director: Mariama Diallo
Country: USA, Running Time: 13 min
HUSH-HUSH (Screens prior to ROLL RED ROLL)
Director: Kyle Solomon
Country: USA, Running Time: 1 min
LIONS OF WEST TEXAS (Screens prior to RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE)
Director: Ben Masters
Country: USA, Running Time: 10 min
MURDER ON THE REEF (Screens prior to PATRIMONIO)
Director: Alan Dobrovolsky
Countries: Australia/Germany, Running Time: 32 min
ROOM TONE (Screens prior to A TUBA FOR CUBA)
Director: Morgan Cooper
Country: USA, Running Time: 15 min
THE SMILE AND THE LIGHT BLUE EYES (Screens prior to SI)
Directors: Peter Espinosa, Brayden Frazier
Country: USA, Running Time: 6 min
‘WASTE OF FILM’ – KC LOVES TRAVIS YOUNG (Screens prior to MEOW WOLF)
Director: Joshua Dubois
Country: USA, Running Time: 9 min
WE NEED IT YESTERDAY (Screens prior to PIG)
Director: Celia Galan
Country: Spain, Running Time: 7 min
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